Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, stuffed chayote squash. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Stuffed Chayote Squash is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Stuffed Chayote Squash is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have stuffed chayote squash using 7 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Stuffed Chayote Squash:
- Prepare 3 medium chayote squash
- Take 5 oz chorizo
- Get 2 small corn on the cob
- Make ready 1/4 cup red bell pepper chopped
- Take 1/2 cup salsa (your favorite kind)
- Take 1 tbsp cilantro (I love cilantro so I add a bit more)
- Prepare 1 cup Pepper Jack cheese
I like to place a few slices of carrot on the bottom of the dish, the carrot is perfect garnish if cook in the individual dish! Put squash in a large pot and cover with salted water and bring to a boil over high heat. Transfer squash to a colander to drain and cool. Place the chayote into a large pot and cover with water.
Steps to make Stuffed Chayote Squash:
- Preheat oven to 375°
- Cut chayote in half lengthwise.
- Cook in a pot of boiling water 20-30 min. Until tender but firm.
- Remove from water and cool.
- While the chayote is cooling cook chorizo in a sauce pan. When fully cooked drain onto paper towel. ( I just put a paper towel in a bowl and drop chorizo on it then let it drain)
- Remove kernels from corn cob.
- Now in same sauce pan which should still have a tiny bit of grease left in pan from chorizo, add corn and chopped peppers. Saute for 1 min. (You want to keep them both crunchy)
- Now the chayote should be cool enough to work with. Scoop out seeds and discard.
- Scoop out meat leaving about 1/4" shell.
- Chop chayote meat and place in a bowl. Add chorizo, corn and peppers, salsa, cilantro and 1/2 C jack cheese. Mix.
- Stuff chayote shells with mixture.
- Bake for 30 min. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 C jack cheese on top last 5 min. of cooking.
Beat egg whites in small bowl with electric mixer on high speed until soft peaks form. Dissolve the bouillon granules in the water; stir into stuffing. Although it can be eaten raw and is sometimes shredded to put into salads and slaws, it's more. Stuffed Chayote Squash Chayote is a sweet squash that is versatile but we love them stuffed. A Chayote is a small, pear-shaped vegetable belonging to the gourd family.
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